Being Part of an Editorial Board: Implications and Scope for Scientific Communication and Personal Academic Development/Ser parte de un comite editorial: implicancias y alcances para la comunicacion cientifica y el desarrollo academico personal/Fazer parte de um comite editorial: implicacoes e escopos para a comunicacao cientifica e o desenvolvimento academico pessoal

Objective. From my experience as a member of the editorial board of the journal Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria, the implications and scope of participating in this entity and the mutual and reciprocal benefits of this academic interaction between members of the editorial board and the journal are explained. Content synthesis. The key elements on operation, integration, tasks, and responsibilities of editorial boards to disseminate scientific research in different disciplines are analyzed and described, highlighting the rigor and commitment to academic ethics that allows guaranteeing the credibility of the contents published and topics addressed by a journal within a context of high competitiveness and risk of breaches of academic and scientific probity and ethics. Conclusion. Integrating an editorial board requires developing a fundamental role that implies a series of commitments and challenges that must be addressed with professionalism and ethics to guarantee the quality and prestige of the academic publication. In this task, achievements and goals are reached for the journal, as well as academic benefits for the editorial board members. Descriptors: periodicals as topic; editorial policies; scholarly communication; scientific and technical publications. Objetivo. A partir de mi experiencia como integrante del comite editorial de la revista Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria, se exponen las implicancias y el alcance de participar en esta entidad y los beneficios mutuos y reciprocos de esta interaccion academica entre los miembros del comite editorial y la revista. Sintesis del contenido. Se analizan y describen los elementos claves sobre funcionamiento, integracion, tareas y responsabilidades de los comites editoriales para la difusion de investigaciones cientificas en las distintas disciplinas, resaltando el rigor y compromiso con la etica academica que permite garantizar la credibilidad de los contenidos publicados y las tematicas abordadas por una revista en un contexto de alta competitividad y de riesgo de faltas a la probidad y etica academica y cientifica. Conclusion. Integrar un comite editorial exige desarrollar un papel fundamental que implica una serie de compromisos y desafios que deben abordarse con profesionalismo y etica para garantizar la calidad y el prestigio de la publicacion academica. En esta tarea se alcanzan logros y metas tanto para la revista, asi como se obtienen beneficios academicos para los integrantes del comit